General Performance

The 41410-1199-0000 unlike the TVS-1282T3-i7-32G is made by CRU-DataPort. There always other brands out there like CRU-DataPort which are often innovative. You might not get the same user experience comparing with other better known brands. But sometimes you might not need it. The 41410-1199-0000 RAM compared with TVS-1282T3-i7-32G 32GB is clearly weaker.

About Connections

There are two SAS ports on this 41410-1199-0000 box. When we are talking SAS, we talk FAST. You are either serious video editor or graphic designer, and there is no place for lagging transfer speeds.

About Usage

As there are no LAN ports, you probably know this is DAS (directly attached storage) box. Sometimes more than anything we need speed! If you have chosen right drives for your 41410-1199-0000 box, you can expect the best performance whilst you are editing your videos or working with graphics. Only disadvantage with DAS boxes, is data sharing capabilities, compared with NAS functionality.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This CRU-DataPort is £1,299.10 cheaper than the most expensive unit TVS-1282T3-i7-32G.

General Performance

The TVS-1282T3-i7-32G unlike the 41410-1199-0000 is made by Qnap. By choosing Qnap people expect to see advanced configurations opportunities as well as innovative and more diverse business applications. You are able to customize the TVS-1282T3-i7-32G to your needs. This model comes with new DDR4 technology random access memorty (RAM). DDR3 used to work at 800 MT/s (or Millions of Transfers per second) and some went as high as 2133. DDR4, starts at 2133 MHz. The increased speed means an overall increase in bandwidth. This unit also arrives with a One-touch Backup button on the front panel, when it is configured on the TVS-1282T3-i7-32G, it can be used to backup data off of the USB device, or vice versa. Unlike the 41410-1199-0000 this box has the Intel® Core™ i7-7700 3.6 GHz quad-core processor. This box has i7 processor. Similarly like i5 it could likely have a "turbo boost" when needed.

About Connections

At the back of the box you will find HDMI port which will let you connect it to TV or monitor. In this case you are not limited to network speeds. You might be interested in audio output ports. With TVS-1282T3-i7-32G you can build a personal karaoke system with high-quality audio output. The TVS-1282T3-i7-32G is packed with remote control for you to conveniently control the HD Station via the built-in IR receiver of the TVS-1282T3-i7-32G. With six LAN ports this box is making good enterprise level NAS. There are two Thunderbolt ports on TVS-1282T3-i7-32G. Five USB3 ports on this Qnap is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process.

About Usage

With 8 bay unit you are having additional advantages. You can choose from number of RAID solutions to set up. There could be RAID that saves your data even if one of the drives fail so you can still recover your data. This would be slightly more safe option to keep your data. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet. You may install Plex Media Server on this box. Plex lets you easily create a feature rich and practical home media playback system. Some boxes offer real time transcoding functionality. That let you stream your media hustle free, based on your device speed or screen size. Please contact us to find transcoding compatibility list.

PLEX TRANSCODING

This NAS feature Intel® Core™ i7-7700 3.6 GHz quad-core processor which will let you transcode videos on the PLEX. This will allow you to watch videos remotely from anywhere you can connect to the internet. The i3 CPU will transcode all HD and Full HD videos including quite few 4K videos. The i5 and i7 will pretty much transcode any video you want. The difference will be the number of simultaneous streams. The i7 obviously can cope with more streams than i5.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This is the most expensive box with the price tag £2,817.00.